Lightning Causes Phone Outage for Some EVSC Schools

Parents needing to get an emergency message to their children have to call a special number.

There was a recent lightning strike that hit EVSC telecommunications equipment that is affecting all schools that have phone numbers starting with 477 or 476 prefixes.

If your child attends one of these schools: Caze, Dexter, Fairlawn, Harper, Hebron, Lodge, Stockwell, Vogel, McGary, Plaza Park, Washington, Bosse, or Harrison, and you have an emergency notification that you need to relay, please call 435-8453.

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